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Medical Informatics Initiative

Strengthening research and advancing healthcare

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) launched its medical informatics funding scheme to make data from healthcare and research more useful and meaningful. It provides around 500 million euros with the aim of strengthening medical research and improving patient care. All of Germany’s university hospitals have joined forces with research institutions, businesses, health insurers, and patient advocacy groups to create a framework that harnesses research findings to the direct benefit of patients.

MII Symposium 2026: Review of the Event

At the MII Symposium on 24 and 25 March 2026, stakeholders from digital health research came together to take stock after ten years of project work and to discuss future perspectives.

Graphic announcing the “MII Symposium 2026” organized by the Medical Informatics Initiative, taking place on March 24–25, 2026, in Berlin. In the top left corner is the initiative’s logo featuring a stylized DNA strand. Below, various icons related are connected in a network, including a test tube, a padlock, a microscope, a bar chart, human figures, and others. The background features a gradient from blue to green to light green.

 

German Portal for Medical Research Data

At the German Portal for Medical Research Data (FDPG), researchers can centrally request access to health data and biospecimen from German university medicine for scientific research.

FDPG Logo

Information for patients

The Medical Informatics Initiative published a website to provide patients with clear and understandable information about the use of health data for medical research purposes.

Screenshot der Startseite der MII-Patienten-Webseite. Copyright: TMF e.V.

MII-Academy

With the online training platform "MII-Academy", researchers learn how to apply for and analyse medical data for their research project. 

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